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CandleJakk
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Hi guys, the other day my monitor went black and I went, "oh!". Then I realized the power cable had come out. *wipes sweat* Phew, at least it wasn't my PC. That got me thinking - If it was my PC that suddenly got unplugged / the power cable fell out (it was the latter which happened) would anything bad happen or would my parts be damaged?

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It matters on what your PC is and what you're doing. Generally it's not healthy. HDD vs SSD is a big factor though (imho)

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no, but theres a chance your OS would get corrupted and you need to reinstall windows

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File corruption is really the only thing you need to worry about. You will probably be fine if this sort of thing (unexpected power shutdowns) happens a couple of times during a computers life. but the more often it happens, the more likely you are to run into complications.

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23 minutes ago, Zyndo said:

File corruption is really the only thing you need to worry about. You will probably be fine if this sort of thing (unexpected power shutdowns) happens a couple of times during a computers life. but the more often it happens, the more likely you are to run into complications.

Another possibility why I've been going through 2 re-installations and windows explorer still crashes. Damn you BC Hydro.

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Ok, thanks for all of these replies and sorry for only just replying!

11 hours ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Another possibility why I've been going through 2 re-installations and windows explorer still crashes. Damn you BC Hydro.

 

11 hours ago, Zyndo said:

File corruption is really the only thing you need to worry about. You will probably be fine if this sort of thing (unexpected power shutdowns) happens a couple of times during a computers life. but the more often it happens, the more likely you are to run into complications.

 

11 hours ago, aisle9 said:

Probably not. Your system would just crash. Worst case scenario is software corruption, as @Endermansaid.

 

11 hours ago, Enderman said:

no, but theres a chance your OS would get corrupted and you need to reinstall windows

 

11 hours ago, Enderman said:

no, but theres a chance your OS would get corrupted and you need to reinstall windows

 

11 hours ago, LukeS said:

It matters on what your PC is and what you're doing. Generally it's not healthy. HDD vs SSD is a big factor though (imho)

 

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